#987EA5#987EA5

#987EA5 is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.065 H 314.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#987EA5
RGB	rgb(152, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(280, 18%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(280, 24%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, 17.42, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 24.36, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0451 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.065 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2002, 24.3141, 38.8502)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#987EA5 #8BA57E

analogous

#857EA5 #987EA5 #A57E9F

triadic

#987EA5 #A5987E #7EA598

tetradic

#987EA5 #A5857E #8BA57E #7E9FA5

square

#987EA5 #A5857E #8BA57E #7E9FA5

split-complementary

#987EA5 #9FA57E #7EA585

monochromatic

#594563 #7A5E87 #987EA5 #B5A2BE #D2C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#987EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#987EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #987EA5

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##987EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##987EA5	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7986A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97838B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #987ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.065 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6a3bf',
    500: '#987ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #987ea5;
$custom-light: #b6a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#987ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 17.808,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.06456,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#987EA5

secondary

#BDC7B7

accent

#BA6D87

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F6F3F7

border

#D0CDD0

text

#110F12

muted

#807F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #987EA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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